Big Problems with an RD28, Need advice Please

[albi]

yeh it would have mate lol
can you belive it i have an other rd28 that we put a motor in from same reconditioner and it has majour oil leaks ,from rear of head turbo compressor snail,front timming cover area and no 1 injector arggghhh

[the ferret]

I'd be dropping the car off to him and pick it up when it's fixed, then change supplier lol.
Cheers, the ferret.

[albi]

cant do that different state supplyer

\so how is this ferret
1st rd28 -crank machined incorrectly- new one on way
2nd rd28 -oil leaks ,filling turbo on both sides of compressor with oil,intakes and intercooler with oil, check oil presure 54 psi @ idle and 84 psi @ 3000rpm specs are 46psi @ idle and 61psi @idle, now the ggod part i got the boys to do comp test and
specs are 3040kpa per cyl and actual 1500 kpa hmmmmmm
carry out cyl leakage test 30% leakage on all cyl ????? WTF new motor only 300 klm hmmmm
removed rad cap , no bubbles,
no air via intake ,
now this motor on cold start was running very bad till it warmed up hmmmmm puked oil into intake filling cyls so on start up it was "knocking so to speak" untill excess oil was burned of!!!!
stay tuned lol
and no air out exhaust so that meens past rings doh !!! any way reconditioner cant work out why so he is sending 2 new donk's

[the ferret]

Sorry, but I'd be getting my money back and going elsewhere, this guy obviously has no idea and zero quality control.
The rings are probably upside down, bearings on crank not plasti gauged, prob wrong head gasket or even wrong head, I wonder how good the new rear main seal is, huh
Give im the toss mate, he's not good for your reputation that you have strived hard to get.
Cheers, the ferret.

[albi]

yeh i know its a hard one mate ,its not my shop im just the foreman and i was asked to join the company to bring it forward,they have been useing them for ages and had only minnor probs before,the way im looking at it is you dont know if they are having staff issues ie ;laid someone of as they are no good but the motors are already out of the machine shop ? someone may be having family issues at home and not concentrating?

[the ferret]

It's only gunna come back ta bite ya!!

[Radmobile]

thanks ferret

yep timing is spot on and once it idles its actually very smooth apart from the knock sound. ( which is one knock per cam rotation)

one of the guys from work suggested i take off the oil filter to check for metal. so anyways i took it off and sure enough theres metal fragments through it like glitter. ...looks like ill be posting on the rebuild forums ...lol?

thanks so much for ya help. no doubt ill be picking your brains again shortly ha!

tony

[the ferret]

It could be a thrust washer on the crank, does the noise go away with clutch in?
Anyway, metal in the filter isn't looking too good mate, might be time to seek out another motor.
Cheers, the ferret.

[Radmobile]

na still noise. was looking good for a moment. hehe.

cheers mate

[albi]

just dont get a donk from me lololol